My new Champ

[Rabies]

Haven't posted much here in a long time (a few times here lately, but not much) . Just figured I would contribute a little vintage amp porn. It's in pieces until the new power switch arrives. You can see that I have it just wired on all the time so I can play it until the switch is installed. This thing is awesome...now I know why everyone raves about vintage champs! R

I love this thing so much that I'm going to sell my Epi Valve Jr head and cabinet. It's just not the same to me after playing this champ. Anywho...here's a couple pics of it in pieces. Beautiful PTP...checkit:

Everything on it dates to 1969, but it is not a drip edge model.

 

[250Keith]

Nice! Are you going with a new speaker? or leave it stock, and the same with the tube, heck we want to know
Keith.

 

[Tim]

Rabies - if your going to tease us with pics, the least you can do is show some frontal views

 

[duhvoodooman]

Rabies - if your going to tease us with pics, the least you can do is show some frontal views

+1!!!

 

[Rabies]

Rabies - if your going to tease us with pics, the least you can do is show some frontal views

Patience, patience... It's sort of in pieces right now. I will as soon as it's back together, though.

 

[Rabies]

Nice! Are you going with a new speaker? or leave it stock, and the same with the tube, heck we want to know
Keith.

I may down the road try a different speaker...and hang on to the original of course, but right now, I'm pretty satisfied with the sound of the ancient paper one.

I acquired it without the 6v6 and 5y3. It only had the 12ax7 and I have no idea if it is the stock one or not. I snagged a few old used tubes off ebay for replacements. And it sounds awesome. No hum, other than normal hum with single coils, but it's dead quiet with a humbucker.

The only thing that was really wrong with it was the power switch was broken. The plastic part on the inside was shattered. Hopefully that will get here today.

 

[Mark]

You might wanna consider a new Cap can for that if its the original. They sell direct replacements at http://www.tubesandmore.com/

 

[Rabies]

Well, here it is...

Face plate is a little ugly, and the crappy photo makes it look even worse. But it sounds awesome. And Murphy's Law imposed itself on me...as soon as I put it back together, I started to get some AWFUL staticy noise.

I narrowed it down to the Bass pot...if I turn it all the way to zero it stops. No big deal for now, I can get all the bass I need from the Fish & Chips. I love the way this thing sounds.

And to the person (can't remember at the time who) that asked something about the speaker, I am going to try another speaker just because I can. I figure I've got to be able to get better bass response from even just a little Jensen Mod speaker (which I've purchased) than the little prehistoric paper coned .5 ounce magnet speaker that's in it.

I figure I'll try to take it apart ( AGAIN ) when I put the speaker in and see if I can contact cleaner that noisy pot.

Funny enough though, the bass knob really doesn't make THAT much of a difference on this thing...even before it started to futz out. That's why I'm hoping the speaker change might help. Like I said above, the little magnet on the stock speaker is laughable...but maybe that's part of it's mojo. I guess I'll find out...:R

And after previewing my post, I realized that I REALLY need to update the gear in my sig...half that stuff is gone and replaced or just plain ole gone.

 

[Robert]

Sweet little amp! I am jealous to the max!

 

[250Keith]

Well when you get to playing with the speaker setup you can replace the Bass pot pretty easy, I like these amps, good job.

 

[Bloozcat]

Very nice Rabies!

The speaker looks like an original CTS alnico. Can you get a mfg. code number off the speaker frame?

ETA: On second thought, it looks more like an Oxford speaker....